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Holiday shoppers are turning to major online retailers now that the pandemic has stalled regular shopping at malls, brick-and-mortar stores and galleries. Native entrepreneurs, though, are offering more local and specialized options to online giants like Amazon.com. Some have been around for years. Others started as a way to offset the decline in sales facing Native creators. We’ll discuss the new reliance on online sales, and now Native businesses are adapting.
Guests:
Dr. Lee Francis (Pueblo of Laguna) – owner of Red Planet Books and Comics and CEO and Publisher of Native Realities
Latashia Redhouse (Navajo) – Intertribal Agriculture Council American Indian Foods program director
Molly Roe (member of the Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska) – spokesperson and account manager for SweetGrass Trading Company
Natasha Martin-Mitchell (Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation) – development officer for Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs of Women in Business-New Brunswick
Break 1 music: Stomp Dance (song) George Hunter (artist) Haven (album)
Break 2 music: Dat One (song) The Delbert Anderson Trio (artist) MANITOU (album)
